Slavery in America and Brazil/Escravidão na America e no Brasil

I dedicate today’s entry to those who continue to believe that only African descendents of the United States endured the cruel experience of slavery, racism, rape, exclusion and oppression. I will continue to focus on the question of who or what is black. For those of us who have traveled to New York or Florida and thought that someone was black until that person spoke Spanish, French or Portuguese. Recognize. 4% of African slaves were sent the United States; 96% were sent to Latin America and the Caribbean. 38% were sent to Brazil. Each of the countries that received African slaves is an important piece of the puzzle that is the African Diaspora.